Easter and Animals: How Are You Celebrating This Season?

[BYH Project Manager]

Easter is just around the corner, bringing thoughts of spring, renewal, and of course—adorable animals like bunnies, chicks, and lambs! For those of us who care for animals, this season can be a busy but exciting time. Whether you're welcoming new spring babies, setting up festive farm displays, or simply enjoying the change in seasons, Easter brings plenty of opportunities to celebrate.

How do you incorporate Easter into your farm or home? Do you have traditions involving your animals? Are you raising any Easter chicks or rabbits this year? Let’s chat about how this holiday ties into our love for animals!

 

[Ridgetop]

Easter is a religious hoiday for our family. Better than Christmas in some ways because there is more emphasis on the actual holiday meaning and less on gifts, etc.

Easter is also auction time for us. We start taking lambs to the stockyards for the various holidays. One to 2 weeks before the hoiday is a good time to get good prices.

When the children were litte we used to boil and color Easter eggs. Easter meant lots of devilled eggs which is a favorite for us. Also leg of lamb is traditional in our family.

 

[Alaskan]

This is the first year that I have laying geese....

I am going to try dying them and decorating them. I will keep you posted as to how that goes!

My married son, his bride and the bride's sister butcher an extra gander the last time they were here... I am hoping to eat that for the feast... or maybe the week after, since so much is happening around easter!

The geese I have are American Buff. They are laying very well now, but haven't started nesting!

 

[Ridgetop]

Know what they call the Easter Bunny down n the farm?

DINNER!

 

[Alaskan]

Know what they call the Easter Bunny down n the farm?

DINNER!

I LOVE bunny!!!

Yummy!

 

[Baymule]

Celebrating Easter with our animals? You do realize you are on BYH, don’t you? It’s not like we dress them up, tie cute bows around their necks and walk them on a leash around the neighborhood…… Cute lambs? Yeah they are delicious!

That said, I had a ewe named Eve, born on New Year’s Eve. She had a daughter born on Easter, so of course I named her Easter. Easter had twins born on, you guessed it, New Year’s Eve. I’m keeping the daughter, named Evie. They seem to have this holiday theme going, I’d like lambs on Christmas, please.

 

[SageHill]

Considering Easter is in two weeks -ish --- we just had the butcher out for 3 lambs, we could very well be eating some then.
The rest of the flock - I'll probably give them some animal crackers that they love.

 

[Alaskan]

This is the first year that I have laying geese....

I am going to try dying them and decorating them. I will keep you posted as to how that goes!

My married son, his bride and the bride's sister butcher an extra gander the last time they were here... I am hoping to eat that for the feast... or maybe the week after, since so much is happening around easter!

The geese I have are American Buff. They are laying very well now, but haven't started nesting!

I reread my post!!!

It sounds like I am going to dye the GEESE!!!!

I am going to dye the EGGS.

 

[farmerjan]

I reread my post!!!

It sounds like I am going to dye the GEESE!!!!

I am going to dye the EGGS.

Oh, but remember when you could buy the little dyed chicks at Easter at the 5 & Dime store?...

 

[Mini Horses]

we just had the butcher out for 3 lambs

Do they cut into desired portions, also? Wrap, etc?

It sounds like I am going to dye the GEESE!!!!

I am going to dye the EGGS.

Dang it!!! How cute would pink & lavender geese be?